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Commodity policy developments

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Commodity Group
Commodity
Date
Policy Category
Policy Instrument
Description
Ecuador
Rice
All
2019.04
Production
Production support, support prices, government procurement
Restored fixed producer support prices for paddy, rescinding the price band in place since April [...]
China (Mainland)
Rice
All
2019.04
Stocks
Stock release
Offered 502 599 tonnes of paddy from state reserves through an auction held on 25 [...]
China (Mainland)
Rice
All
2019.04
Stocks
Stock release
Offered 338 890 tonnes of paddy from state reserves through an auction held on 23 [...]
Zimbabwe
Grains
Wheat
2019.04
Consumption and marketing
Government market intervention
Announced a plan to set up contract farming as a substitute for wheat imports, which [...]
Syria
Grains
Wheat
2019.04
Consumption and marketing
Government market intervention
Issued a decree establishing a grain company that will replace the state silos, mills and [...]
Sudan
Grains
Wheat
2019.04
Consumption and marketing
Government procurement
Announced the receipt of 2 million sacks of wheat from farmers in the Gezira Scheme, [...]
Algeria
Grains
Wheat
2019.04
Trade
Import duty
Removed the 70 percent duty on prepared wheat products destined for dietetic food for special [...]
China (Mainland)
Rice
All
2019.04
Trade
Import agreement
According to press reports, officials from Yunnan Province clenched a memorandum of understanding for a [...]
China (Mainland)
Rice
All
2019.04
Stocks
Stock release
Offered 505 544 tonnes of paddy from state reserves through an auction held on 18 [...]
Argentina
Rice
All
2019.04
Consumption and marketing
Consumer prices
Announced that it had reached an agreement with the private sector to keep prices of [...]

Disclaimer: The policy records included in the tool are based on publicly available information from both official and private sources. While efforts have been made to verify its content, FAO does not guarantee the full accuracy or comprehensiveness of the information and recommends to consult / refer to other FAO publications reporting policy developments, especially the Oilcrops Monthly Price and Policy Update, the Monthly News Report on Grains and the FAO Rice Market Monitor. The frequency of updates may differ across commodities.